Recreation Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

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Recreation is the employment of time in a non-profitable way, in many ways also a refreshment of one's body or mind.
Recreation is often distinguished from leisure.
Where leisure is, or ought to be, restful, recreation is refreshing and diverting.
As we lead more and more sedentary life styles, the need for recreation has grown.
The rise of so called active vacations exemplify this.

Recreation, play and fun are not the preserve of humans; nearly all creatures indulge in this to some extent. Play is essential for the development of skills, the most basic of which are motor skills in young creatures.

The weekend is typically a time for recreation, perhaps (in Judeo-Christian and Muslim cultures) because the Sabbath falls on the weekend and the Sabbath is "the day of rest."
Holidays are also a common time for recreation.